Or so reports the Associated Press (available in the Washington Post).
The justice said the annual speech to Congress has become very political and awkward for the justices, who he says are expected to sit “like the proverbial potted plant.”
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The better course, Alito said, is to follow the example of more experienced justices like Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and the recently retired John Paul Stevens. None has attended in several years.“So I doubt that I will be there in January,” Alito said.
File under “surprising to absolutely no one.”